Back on Indigo - Are HomeKit plugs one way only?

A plugin to integration Indigo devices into HomeKit (and Siri)
macguyincali
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Back on Indigo - Are HomeKit plugs one way only?

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After a 6 month or so hiatus (no home automation ughh) due to a malfunctioning PowerLinc, I am back. I had been running an old version of Indigo on an ancient MacMini with no shell on it. When PowerLinc died, I almost gave up on the whole thing. Found a guy on eBay who fixes them and am now back up and running. This time, on a MacStudio. The homekit plugin is a GAME CHANGER. So, now one by one, I am have adding all my insteon switches, lights, etc. (over a hundred) to HomeKit.

In the hiatus that I was not operational, I ended up buying a bunch of homekit devices (a lock, some outdoor switches) and I'd like to add those to Indigo. Is that possible? It may not be entirely necessary if I'm using Homekit to operate but would be nice to be able to include HomeKit devices into my Indigo set up. Any thoughts?

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Re: Back on Indigo - Are HomeKit plugs one way only?

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Yeah, the integration is one-way using the HomeKit plugin. There might be specific plugins for those new devices, so you should check the plugin store.
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Re: Back on Indigo - Are HomeKit plugs one way only?

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Got it. Quick search for "Level Home Lock" didn't seem to reveal a plugin for that one. Does anyone have that lock? It's the only lock I could find that is completely invisible. You can turn any deadbolt into a homekit lock.

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Re: Back on Indigo - Are HomeKit plugs one way only?

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macguyincali wrote:Got it. Quick search for "Level Home Lock" didn't seem to reveal a plugin for that one. Does anyone have that lock? It's the only lock I could find that is completely invisible. You can turn any deadbolt into a homekit lock.
I have two of them. Never looked into getting them into Indigo, I just use Siri to control them.
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Re: Back on Indigo - Are HomeKit plugs one way only?

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I guess so that's probably what I'm going to do. HomeKit has gotten pretty adaptable, though there are still things I can't do, like turn off the irrigation (plugged into a meross switch) when it rains.

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Re: Back on Indigo - Are HomeKit plugs one way only?

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Is there a nest plugin that is recent? I found one that the last post was 2016. I can't imaging that one will work with the new Google implementation. Also, Meross plugins?
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Re: Back on Indigo - Are HomeKit plugs one way only?

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There's an intermediate way to bridge to HomeKit: command line scripts triggering shortcuts that talk to HomeKit. Check here viewtopic.php?f=133&t=25936&start=15 and see the August 31 post by @anyone (that's his user name.)

I use this to bring some Nanoleaf Essentials bulbs into Indigo.
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Re: Back on Indigo - Are HomeKit plugs one way only?

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I added a method in viewtopic.php?f=366&t=27289
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